Booker prize shortlisted author Paul Murray and comedian Fern Brady have been announced as the winners of their categories in the inaugural Nero book awards.
Irish writer Murray topped the fiction category for his novel The Bee Sting, while Brady’s memoir Strong Female Character was chosen by the judges as the best in the nonfiction category. Close to Home by Michael Magee and The Swifts by Beth Lincoln have been crowned winners of the debut fiction and children’s fiction categories respectively.
